diff --git a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile
index fd13ab53b1..fbe02cd2f9 100644
--- a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile
+++ b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ $(addsuffix .c,$(SIMD)) $(addsuffix -avx.c,$(filter sse%,$(SIMD))):
 	ln -sf simd.c $@
 
 $(TARGET): x86_emulate.o test_x86_emulator.o
-	$(HOSTCC) -o $@ $^
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOSTCFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ asm:
 
 asm/%: asm ;
 
-HOSTCFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_xeninclude) -I.
+HOSTCFLAGS-x86_64 := -fno-PIE
+$(call cc-option-add,HOSTCFLAGS-x86_64,HOSTCC,-no-pie)
+HOSTCFLAGS += $(CFLAGS_xeninclude) -I. $(HOSTCFLAGS-$(XEN_COMPILE_ARCH))
 
 x86.h := asm/x86-vendors.h asm/x86-defns.h asm/msr-index.h
 x86_emulate.h := x86_emulate.h x86_emulate/x86_emulate.h $(x86.h)